This blog will be about being a photographer and having Tourette Syndrome. I will try to discuss what it is like living with Tourette’s and the choices that I made as a photographer. I hope to connect to my fellow photographers that have Tourette’s and build a community where we can all help each other. I am in the process of setting up a Flickr page to show our work to each other. Where we can comment on each other’s images in a safe environment.

A little about me. At the time of this writing, I am fifty-nine years old, and a professional photographer. Ever since I was given my first camera back when I was only eight years old, I have been hooked on photography. Always into the arts, drawing, watercolor, but after the first camera, I was pulled into photography. I didn’t want to do anything else with my life.

My Tourette’s started at an even earlier age, my family and I did not know exactly what it was, but they new I had a problem. As I grew older, we expected it was Tourette Syndrome, but no doctor would confirm the condition. It wasn’t till I was working in a forensic photography studio a couple of years, did I finally get my confirmation that my repetitive movements and unwanted thoughts and sounds, also called tics, was actually Tourette Syndrome.

My blog will explore what Tourette Syndrome is and how it affected my career and choices as a photographer. I hope to learn from others about this condition as I hope to teach others about my condition.